A Teacher’s Message to High School Students: Looking at One’s Reflection Directly – Searching the World for Flowers That Grow Only within Our Own Hearts

By Jeffrey Hipolito Fall 2016, Sacred Nature - Issue #85, Vol. 21 The following address was given at the graduation for the fifteen members of the Class of 2016 at the Seattle Waldorf High School. Dear friends, family, alumni, colleagues, beloved community, It is a difficult assignment to give you a picture of what it is like to work with ... Read More ►

The Fellowship Community; Celebrating Fifty Years of Service, 1966 – 2016

By Ann Scharff and Friends Summer 2016, Society & Community - Issue #84, Vol. 21   Last year we entered into our forty-ninth year—our seventh seven-year period of the Fellowship Community, a dynamic, work-based, intergenerational community founded on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy. Our mission is “to care for the elderly and to nurture the body, soul, and spirit within the ... Read More ►

The Power of Perception; Actively Engage in the World and Be Transformed!

By David Tresemer, PhD Summer 2016, Society & Community - Issue #84, Vol. 21   What happens when you perceive something, let’s say a view of a mountain next to the sea? Let’s begin with a mechanical point of view. The rods and cones in your eyes take in impressions of shapes, colors, and textures, then they bundle them together in a ... Read More ►

Preventing Addiction; Help children find satisfaction and self-worth by giving them opportunities to DO more

By Nancy Blanning Spring 2016, Campaign Finance and the Social Order in the 2016 Election - Issue #83, Vol. 21 This title may seem strange for a column that is regularly focused upon early childhood. But it is in the earliest years of life when addiction prevention forms its bedrock. To understand this, we need to picture the pathway of ... Read More ►

Finding a Living Relationship to the Therapeutic Process

By Adam Blanning, MD Spring 2016, Campaign Finance and the Social Order in the 2016 Election - Issue #83, Vol. 21 There is a curious experience that comes about in the process of learning anthroposophic medicine and its remedies; that is, when you learn about the therapeutic use of a substance, you often then see a whole string of patients ... Read More ►

Raw Milk

By Thomas Cowan, MD Winter 1996 - The Childhood - Issue #6 As many of us might agree, there are very few subjects asemotionally charged as the choice of one's diet. Sexual relations, marriage and finances come to mind as similarly intense subjects and, like diet, each of us is sure we know all we need to know about each ... Read More ►

Earth as Gardening Angels

L.A. Rotheraine from Thunderform Gods Spring 1997 - Love and Relationships - Issue #7   The Biodynamic preparations, like the gigantic tomato plant shown here, are made to bring creative healing energy back into the earth. The earth is dying, through her natural aging process and misuse by humans. Ancient humanity had an instinctive knowledge of this life-giving energy and ... Read More ►

Cancer: The Disease of our Time

Reprinted in part from Sozial Hygiene, Nos. 19 and 26 MD Summer 1999, Cancer: A New Approach - Issue #16 How Does Cancer Arise? Time and again doctors are asked: "What really is the cause of cancer?" This question can't be answered in a sentence. The increase in incidence indicates that the disease is related to our changed customs and ... Read More ►